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Interested to work in healthcare settings? Nua Ireland is offering 300 jobs across the country; Anybody can apply!

Nua Healthcare in Ireland is creating 300 new jobs across the country. The healthcare provider prioritizes those who lost their previous jobs and currently under Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) reception. Nua is a private sector healthcare provider working for intellectually disabled and mentally suffering individuals. It already employs 1,800 people all over the country. The … Read more

Dublin’s Fire Brigade suffers staff shortage; In need of 60 firefighters urgently

Dublin Fire Brigade service suffers staff shortage issue and in urgent need of at least 60 firefighters, says report. Currently, the agreed number of fire personnel for staffing Dublin’s Fire Brigade service is 965, which forms part of an agreement reached in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) back in 2015. However, there are only 930 … Read more

Electric Ireland tells families who can’t pay bills to ‘go to St Vincent de Paul’, faces outrage

The owner of Ireland’s biggest power company has been slammed for hiking up prices and telling the resident families to call on St Vincent de Paul if there is non payment of bills. Homes supplied by Electric Ireland will see their electricity bill increase by 9.3% next month, while the company’s gas prices are set … Read more

Man swallowed 1 Kg of screws and nails to compensate quitting habit of alcohol drinking

Doctors have removed over one Kg of nails and screws from a man’s stomach after he started swallowing them to compensate quitting the habit of alcohol drinking in Lithuania. The surgery took place after the man was admitted at a hospital in Baltic port city of Klaipeda with severe abdominal pain. In an X-ray, it … Read more

Lotto website and app hit ‘technical difficulties’ before €19 million jackpot draw

The Lotto website and app are facing “technical difficulties” just before a bumper €19m jackpot draw tonight. The highly-anticipated draw for the record prize seems to have sent the Irish public into a Lotto fever, as owners were struggling to cope with demand for tickets this evening. The National Lottery tweeted: “Due to high traffic … Read more

Scarlett Johansson settles dispute with Disney Studios over Black Widow release

Scarlett Johansson and Walt Disney Studios have reached a settlement in a dispute over the OTT release of her movie ‘Black Widow.’ Johansson sued the Studio for breaching release agreements and alleged that it had made her loss significant amount of remuneration. Black Widow had a release simultaneously in cinemas as well as the studio’s … Read more

Individuals can travel to India with existing OCI card bearing old passport number till December 31

The Indian Government has brought some changes to the rules and regulations of the Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card holders recently.  You can get the full details of the news changes as well as the travel instructions to India during the pandemic. The Government of India has confirmed that individuals can travel to India … Read more

Dunnes Stores recall product as it’s ‘unsafe’ for some shoppers

Dunnes Stores in Ireland have recalled their own brand Luxury Apple Pie as it contains undeclared ingredients which may pose as a threat to consumers with food allergies. It so happened that the tarts were accidentally mis-packed with a similar product, Dunnes Stores Pear and Almond Pie, reports the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). Despite the … Read more